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Natural attenuation for groundwater remediation / Committee on Intrinsic Remediation, Water Science and Technology Board [and] Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Committee on Intrinsic Remediation, author, issuing body.
- Board on Radioactive Waste Management Staff, author.
- Division on Earth and Life Studies Staff, author.
- Water Science and Technology Board Staff, author.
- United States. Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hazardous wastes--Natural attenuation--Evaluation.
- Hazardous wastes.
- In situ bioremediation--Evaluation.
- In situ bioremediation.
- Hazardous waste site remediation--Evaluation.
- Hazardous waste site remediation.
- Groundwater--Purification.
- Groundwater.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.
- Summary:
- In the past decade, officials responsible for clean-up of contaminated groundwater have increasingly turned to natural attenuation -- essentially allowing naturally occurring processes to reduce the toxic potential of contaminants -- rather than engineered solutions. This saves both money and headaches. To the people in surrounding communities, though, it can appear that clean-up officials are simply walking away from contaminated sites.When is natural attenuation the appropriate approach to a clean-up? This book presents the consensus of a diverse committee, informed by the views of researchers, regulators, and community activists. The committee reviews the likely effectiveness of natural attenuation with different classes of contaminants -- and describes how to evaluate the "footprints" of natural attenuation at a site to determine whether natural processes will provide adequate clean-up. Included are recommendations for regulatory change.The book also emphasizes the importance of the public's belief and attitudes toward remediation and provides guidance on involving community stakeholders throughout the clean-up process.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Introduction: Using Natural Processes in Groundwater Restoration 1""; ""Community Concerns About Natural Attenuation 2""; ""Scientific Basis for Natural Attenuation 3""; ""Approaches for Evaluating Natural Attenuation 4""; ""Protocols for Documenting Natural Attenuation 5""; ""A Acronyms""; ""B Presenters at the Committee�s Information-Gathering Meetings""; ""C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780309132800
- 0309132800
- 9780309516457
- 0309516455
- OCLC:
- 923254820
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